“This lock, with the bolt shot, was found after the fire, in the debris about
the ninth-floor door, through which more than a hundred girls attempted
vainly to escape. The locking of this door was one of the charges on which
Max Blanck and Isaac Harris were indicted for manslaughter.” Photographer: unknown, 1911 Kheel Center image identifier: 5780-087pb1f7l Image 1 of 1